Virtual CT Colonography: Technique and findings: Single Institute experience.

Saro, Hossam; Alkhayat, Khaled Fawzy; Al Sayed, Mohammed; Ali, Mohammed Zaki

doi:10.21608/smj.2018.34677

Virtual CT Colonography: Technique and findings: Single Institute experience.

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Department of Chest Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Sohag University

10.21608/smj.2018.34677

Abstract

Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of death due to malignancy in industrialized counties. It is argued that most large bowel malignancies arise from preexisting adenormas. Computed tomographic (CT) colonography is a noninvasive, rapidly evolving technique that has been shown in some studies to be comparable with conventional colonoscopy for the screening of colorectal cancer. However, widespread colorectal screening and preventive efforts aimed at detecting disease in this early stage are opposed by several practical obstacles, including limited resources, and poor patient acceptance and therefore poor compliance (1-2).
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